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BOTTLE HOLDING ATTACHMENT FOR sTOPPER PULLE RS. No. 361,640. Patented Apr. 19,1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES J. MONAHAN, OF FORT SUPPLY, INDIAN TERRITORY.

BOTTLE-HCLDING ATTACHMENT FOR STOPPER-PULLERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 361,640. dated April 19, 1887.

Application filed February 14, 1887. Serial No. 227,598. (No model.l

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMEs J. MONAHAN, of Fort Supply, Indian Territory, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Holding Attachments for Stopper-Pullers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a rear view of a cork-pulling machine having my improved bottle-holding devlce applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same on line mac, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 1s a vertical section of the same on line y y, Fig. 1.

This invention relates to improvements in stopper-pulling devices, being designed for use in connection with machines which have a corkscrew or similar device to engage the stopper and retract the same automatically.

The invention consists, essentially, in a hinged bottle holding or presenting device, whereby the bottle can be quickly and truly presented for the action of the corkscrew, and which will not offer any obstacle against the lowering of the bottle to withdraw the cork therefrom.

To these ends the invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of the device, as will be fully understood from the following description and accompanying drawings, and particularly specified in the appended claims.

In the drawings, \V designates an upright rectangular frame,to the top of which is secured in any suitable well-known manner a corkscrew adapted to play centrally through an opening in the cross-bar to enter or engage the cork in a bottle when the latter is placed vertically beneath the cross-bar, with its neck or corked My invention is designed to provide a device applicable to the Various known stopperpullers, which will hold and direct the bottle into proper position without requiring the exercise of unusual care or experienced operators. The device I will now describe.

A designates a metal rod secured horizontally in rear of the machine by means of suitable metal straps or cars, a, which are properly secured to the side rails of the machineframe and project rearwardly and have their outer ends perforated, as shown, for the reception of rod A, the rod being a suitable distance below the top bar of the machine for the reception of a bottle between the bar and a suitable pedal or oscillating bracket,B,pivoted centrally on rod A, as shown. This bracket B is kept centrally in position on the rod by means of collars O, fitted upon the shaft on each side, as shown.

The bracket B has a weight, D, hanging to its rear end in suitable manner, so that the front end of the bracket, upon which the bottle is set, will be pressed upward.

E designates a rod secured between the ears a a, below the rear end of the-bracket, so that the bracket will be held in a horizontal or nearly horizontal position, and the weight prevented from turning it to a vertical position.

The outer upper face of the bracket is provided' with a recess, B, within which recess the bottle is set, and when so placed its mouth is in proper position for receiving the corkscrew. The outer end of bracket-B may be provided with, or may be formed with, a suit able handle, I), so that the bracket can be depressed for the removal of the bottle after the stopper is drawn, in machines where the corkscrew is moved and the bottle kept stationary.

The weight D will in all cases keep the bracket horizontal, but in machines where the bottle is depressed will offer no obstacle to the movement of the latter, or of the actuating mechanism therefor, as the bracket-hinge on rod A is sufficiently to the rear of the bottle to permit the outer end of the bracket to turn downward, as is evident.

I do not claim in this application the means for withdrawing the stopper; but

\Vhat I do claim is- 1. The combination, with a stopper-pulling device of the character described, of a horiceiving and holding recess, B, collars O,Weight zontal rod, A, a bracket, B, pivoted thereon D, and stop-rod E, all substantially as and for and adapted to hold the bottlein proper posithe purpose specified.

tion for removal, :1. weight on the rear end of In testimony that I claim the foregoing as r 5 5 the bracket to keep the same in proper posi-- my own I affix my signature in presence of two tion, and a stop-rod, E, all constructed and witnesses.

adapted to operate substantially as and for i the purpose specified. JAMES MONAHAN' 2. In a stopper-pulling machine, the combi- Witnesses: 1o nation of the rod A, mounted in ears a, bracket J. J. BRERETON, B, pivoted on rod A and having a bottle re- L. W. CORNIGH. 

